I am sure if Australia wins the toss, they will bat first so as to get batting practice. If Ash wins, he should bat first, so as to prevent the Aussies doing this. Let us hope that BD can at least score 150 runs this time, and put up a better fight.

Originally Posted by zainab
I am sure if Australia wins the toss, they will bat first so as to get batting practice. If Ash wins, he should bat first, so as to prevent the Aussies doing this. Let us hope that BD can at least score 150 runs this time, and put up a better fight.

i think it depends on how generous the aussies are feeling, if they want the crowd to have a good day they'll bat first, if they want to just completely annihilate BD then they'll bowl first.

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DARWIN: Bangladesh’s pace spearhead Mashrafe Bin Mortaza is calling on the batsmen to come into their own in the second ODI of the Commonwealth Bank Series against Australia on Wednesday.

Bangladesh were humbled by 180 runs in Saturday’s first match after getting dismissed for 74, their lowest ever total and Mortaza, the vice-captain thinks that was result of batsmen losing confidence at the wrong time.

“I personally thought that two or three of our top-order batters did not look confident in that game. I am not giving excuses but the drop-in track was difficult for run-scoring and we did not look like working our way out of pressure at any time,” said Mortaza after net practice on the centre wicket of the Marrara Oval today.

Mortaza however believed that the players had the talent to fare much better.

“We have had a tough training session today. The centre wicket had a bit of grass and the batsmen were tested. What I have learnt in international cricket is that you have to go out there with a positive frame of mind and we have to do that on Wednesday. We have to be more than twice as good, play our natural game and get near 220 or 230. That’s the only way we can get over Saturday’s poor show,” said Mortaza.

On bowling Mortaza felt the new ball operators much compliment each other.

“In the last game I was bowling tight from one end but Rajib (Shahadat Hossain) was leaking runs. Against Australia it is mighty important to bowl a high percentage of good balls. We had a chat with the AIS bowling coach Damien Fleming during our warm-ups and he also stressed on making scoring difficult and said that you win yourself a point with every dot ball you bowl against Australia.”

Opening batsman Tamim Iqbal said there was no point looking back and the team had to move on.

“We have lost Roqibul (Hassan) to a thumb injury but I guess we ought to look at that in a positive way also. It was destined to happen and we can’t get him back. The others who are fit must lift themselves,” said Tamim.

“The occasion got to us in the first game but we are more relaxed now and hopefully we will play a better all-round game for the rest of the series,” Tamim added.

Bangladesh's batting woes have been well documented but their main fast bowler Mashrafe Mortaza said the attack must also lift if the team is to avoid another drubbing on Wednesday. They lost the opening ODI against Australia by 180 runs after falling for their lowest one-day international score but Mortaza knows the bowlers need to help out by restricting Australia more.

Early in the innings Shahadat Hossain could not keep the openers tied down and then through the middle overs Shaun Marsh and Michael Hussey easily picked off ones and twos while taking few risks. It let Australia build a solid platform that in turn allowed Hussey to pick up his rate in the final overs and guide Australia to 254.

"In the last game I was bowling tight from one end but Rajib (Shahadat Hossain) was leaking runs," Mortaza said. "Against Australia it is mighty important to bowl a high percentage of good balls. We had a chat with the AIS bowling coach Damien Fleming during our warm-ups and he also stressed on making scoring difficult and said that you win yourself a point with every dot ball you bowl against Australia."

But even if the bowlers do their job on Wednesday, the batsmen must also show far more concentration to challenge Australia. In the opening game they were bundled out for 74 with nearly half their overs still available and Mortaza hopes the top order can show more confidence the second time around.

"I personally thought that two or three of our top-order batters did not look confident in that game," Mortaza said. "I am not giving excuses but the drop-in track was difficult for run-scoring and we did not look like working our way out of pressure at any time.

"We have to be more than twice as good, play our natural game and get near 220 or 230. That's the only way we can get over Saturday's poor show."

Looks like Junaid getting ready to make some impression in the 2nd ODI. But he really needs to work on his back lift which is no where near international standard as a reason he is a victim of caught behind more often than not.

There is no other tags left to justify these players ...we already used up "superstars", "talented", "Dynamic Improving", "too young", "different names of Ash", "Buri Alas", "Singers", "Kopali", "Jalal Slapping", "Marriage after one fifty/one hundred", "Shameless", "Brianless" etc . etc...
To describe BD team we used up all our tags!!!